A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, the third tremor to rattle the area since early yesterday, the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysical Agency said.
The agency recorded the shallow quake off the Mentawai Islands, off Sumatra’s west coast just before 10:30am and said it did not trigger a tsunami warning.
The agency had earlier recorded a magnitude of 6.4, but revised that to 6.1, an agency spokesperson said.
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Three consecutive earthquakes struck the area with increasing intensity since the early hours of yesterday, with a magnitude 5.2 tremor recorded before dawn, followed by a magnitude 5.4 quake less than an hour later.
The magnitude 6.1 earthquake was felt strongly for several seconds by residents in the Mentawai Islands, in the provincial capital of Padang, and in the surrounding mountainous area of Bukitinggi, the disaster agency said in a statement.
The agency said there were no reports of casualties, but there was minor damage to buildings on Siberut Island.
Separately, Novriadi, a local disaster official in the Mentawai Islands, said that residents in several villages had been evacuated to higher ground and a local church, school and health facility had been slightly damaged.
The disaster agency urged the public not to panic and warned of the potential for aftershocks.
Padang was struck by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in 2009 that killed more than 1,100 people, injured many more and caused widespread destruction.
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